SAME TIME EVERY MORNING

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Understanding the biological clock is important for people who have sleep problems. If we wake up every morning at the same time and sleep at about the same time every night, we are helping to keep the biological clock accurate. If we sometimes read, watch television, or have wild parties late into the night, this irregular life style disturbs the accuracy of the biological clock, so that when we want to sleep we may not feel sleepy. By keeping irregular hours of sleeping and waking, we cause ourselves to experience a mini jet lag all the time. To help the biological clock work in our favour, we should wake up at the same time each day. We know that under free running experimental conditions, without any outside time cue, our natural biological clock is about 25 hours. Were we to let nature take its course, we would sleep about one hour late each day. After a few days, we would be sleeping a few hours later than our normal sleep time. To reset the biological clock to 24 hours, we must ensure that we wake at the same hour each day. Although we think we have little control over sleeping, we do have full control over waking up. Waking up at the same time each morning is now one of the most important disciplines recommended by most sleep experts for treating insomnia.

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